Year: 2024

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor says the country plans to enable underground carbon storage at offshore sites, pushing ahead with a much-discussed technology in an acknowledgement that time is running out to combat climate change. Robert Habeck, who is also the economy and climate minister, said on Monday that

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party has won its expected landslide victory in the election for the country’s Senate. The National Election Committee on Monday began releasing results by constituency, after earlier announcing that according to a provisional overall count, the Cambodian People’s Party won 55 of the 58 seats that

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The eldest daughter and close aide of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has become the country’s first-ever female chief minister in eastern Punjab province amid boycott by her rivals. Mariam Nawaz was elected on Monday with a 220 votes. She promised she would equally serve

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s C919 single-aisle jet made its international debut at the Singapore Airshow, attracting masses of visitors and hundreds of orders, but analysts say it still has a long way to go before it can compete with aircraft from market leaders Boeing and Airbus. The Commercial Aircraft

By DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Two prominent Chinese bloggers in exile said that police were investigating their millions of followers on international social media platforms, in an escalation of Beijing’s attempts to clamp down on critical speech even outside of the country’s borders. Former state broadcaster CCTV journalist Wang

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says combatants in places such as Congo, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine and Sudan are turning a “blind eye” to international law. He made a plea for greater respect for human rights and peace around the world. Speaking as the U.N.’s top human rights body

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, was

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has canceled his engagements Monday morning due to persistent but mild flu symptoms. The Vatican press office made the announcement in a short statement on Monday, adding that the pontiff did not have a fever. The statement indicated the decision was made as a precautionary measure. Pope Francis was

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete. The opposition had called for a boycott. Sunday’s vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared his

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police divers are searching inland waterways for the bodies of a couple allegedly shot dead in Sydney by a jilted police officer lover with his service pistol. Police alleged on Monday that Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were shot dead in Baird’s home on Monday last

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have publicly executed a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium. Monday’s execution was the third carried out publicly over the past five days. It took place in Shibirghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, where the brother

By WAFAA SHURAFA, TIA GOLDENBERG KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week. Asked when he thought a cease-fire

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year. The French leader

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh says his government is resigning. Monday’s move could pave the way for a shake-up in the Palestinian Authority. The U.S. hopes the authority will eventually take on a role in postwar Gaza. Many obstacles remain to making a revamped Palestinian Authority a reality. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,